1965
Class of 1970 is in 8th grade, most classmates are 13 years old
President Lyndon Johnson proclaims Great Society with War on Poverty, Social Security and Medicare
Vietnam War escalates with 200,000 U.S. Troops; ; Daily Scenes of Violence and Death on Daily News
Soviet Union begin arming the North Vietnamese
Gemini 7 Mission Rendezvous and Docking of Two Space Crafts
Civil Rights Demonstrations in Alabama
Voting Rights Act passed
Race Riot in Watts, Los Angeles
Malcolm X assassinated
Muhammad Ali defeats Sonny Liston again
Amos and Andy Show removed from TV amid racial stereotyping
My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, Zorba the Greek are big winners at 1965 Academy Awards
Northeast U.S. Blackout of 13.5 hours
The Beatles release second movie, Help
The Beatles move on to LSD and other drugs
Grateful Dead give birth to Acid Rock
The Byrds, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel give birth to Folk Rock
The Rolling Stones release I Can't Get No Satisfaction
The Iguanas become The Prime Movers
Arab-Israel conflict begins with 6 day war
Jack Nicklaus set Masters record, top PGA Golfer with $140,000
Lucky Debonair is Kentucky Derby winner
Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Minnesota Twins in 7 games in the 1965 World Series
Sandy Koufax and Kathy Whitworth, LPGA are athletes of the year
Indianapolis 500 winner, Jim Clark, is ABC Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year
Boston Celtics win 1965 NBA Championship
Mike Garrett of USC wins Heisman Trophy; 9-1-1 Alabama and Michigan State share 1965 NCAA Football title after MSU loses in Rose Bowl after finishing 10-0 in regular season
Michigan State loses rematch in Rose Bowl to UCLA 14-12
Green Bay Packers defeat Cleveland Browns for 1965 NFL Championship
Merger between NFL-AFL
Michigan Basketball is defeated by UCLA for 1965 NCAA Championship 80-91; Cazzie Russell chosen
Gateway Arch in St. Louis completed commemorating the Louisiana purchase
25% of all milk is still delivered by a milkman
Diet Pepsi introduced
Robin Seymour begins Swingin Time
Don Knotts leaves The Andy Griffith Show for a movie career
Ralph Nader begins attack on auto industry, Corvair targeted
Sony introduces Betamax Video Recorder
James Bond in Thunderball
Democrat John Conyers elected U.S. Congressman from Michigan (1965-2011)
Just under 75% of all high school students graduate
Tom Monahan incorporates Dominos, Inc.
Kecksburg Incident in Pennsylvania spots a bell shaped UFO, debris lands in Michigan and Ohio
1965 Michigan Football Team finishes 4-6, losing several close games, a one point, two two point and one three point losses
1965 in TV (1964-1965 TV Schedule)
New TV Shows include:
Top Movies at the Box Office are: The Sound of Music, Dr. Zhivago, Thunderball, Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, A Thousand Clowns, The Great Race, Cat Ballou, What's New Pussycat, Shenandoah and Von Ryan's Express. Other top movies include: The Agony and The Ecstasy, Battle of the Bulge, The Cincinnati Kid, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Harlow, How to Murder Your Wife, The Ipress File, A Patch of Blue, She, The Sons of Katie Elder, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, That Darned Cat, etc.
Newsreel Almanac: 1965 a Year in Review
| 1-Jan-65 | Rose Bowl | Michigan defeats Oregon State 34-7 to win the Rose Bowl |
| 1-Mar-65 | n/a | Michigan's Wrestling Team earns 5 Big Ten Champions |
| 7-Mar-65 | Selma, Alabama | Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama results in several March civil right demonstrations/marches in the South and initiates civil war on the issue of civil rights |
| 20-Mar-65 | Portland, OR | Michigan loses NCAA Championship game to UCLA in basketball, 80-91, after making Final Four for second year in a row |
| 24-Mar-65 | University of Michigan | Teach In against U.S. policy in Vietnam |
| 3-Apr-65 | Grammy's | The Girl from Ipanema (Stan Getz/Gilberto), Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins), Gale Garnett (We'll Sing in the Sunshine), Barbra Streisand (People), Louis Armstrong (Hello, Dolly), The Beatles (A Hard Day's Night), Henry Mancini (Pink Panther Theme) and Petula Clark (Downtown) were winners at the Grammy's |
| 7-May-65 | Bowen Fieldhouse | Marvin Gaye/The Temptations/The 4 Tops/The Contours/The Marvelettes/Carolyn Crawford |
| 25-May-65 | Lewiston, Maine | Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston in rematch |
| 9-Jul-65 | Ann Arbor | University Drive-In Grand Opening; they would stay in business until 1987 with a 1033 car capacity. The Ypsi-Ann Drive in was in business from 1948-1978 (torn down in 1988) with a 600 car capacity and the Scio Drive-In was in business 1953-1985 (pornos from 1974 until closing) with a 700 car capacity. |
| 28-Jul-65 | n/a | President Johnson orders 50,000 additional troops to Vietnam, and by the end of 1965 he has over 180,000 deployed |
| 11-Aug-65 | Los Angeles, CA | Watts Riots ensue |
| 15-Oct-65 | University of Michigan | Draft Board Sit-In |
| 19-Nov-65 | East Lansing, MI | Michigan State and Notre Dame battle to a 10-10 tie and split NCAA Football title |
| 26-Nov-65 | Cobo Hall | The Rolling Stones |